Sheet-metal can.



S. MARZYNSKI.

SHEET METAL CAN.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 11. [9!4.

Patented May 4, 1915.

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n eras WUEL MABZYN SKI, 0E BQSTON, MASSAGHUSETTS.

SHEET-METAL CAN.

Specification '02 Letters -tat'ent.

Patented May a, tea-5.

Application filed may 11, with Serial Etc. aerate. v

invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sheet-Metal Cans, oil which the following is a. specification.

This invention relates to a sheet metalcan adapted to hold varnish or other liquid and having a nozzle of relatively small diameter projecting from'its head, and )rovided with a removable cap or closure hel friction.

The invention has for its object to provide a nozzle and a frictionally held closure therefor, of simple, strong and durable construction, permitting the can to be repeatedly opened and closed without liability of bending or indenting either the nozzle or the closure.

The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

.Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification: Figure 1 represents a top plan view of a varnish can embodying my invention; Fig. 2 represents a sideview of the same: Fig. 3 represents a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 represents a sectional detail view hereinafter referred to.

The same reference characters indicate the same or similar parts in all the views.

In the drawings: 12 represents a sheet metahcan the head 13 of which has a circular opening surrounded by an upwardly projecting annular flange 14. The nozzle, in which my invention chiefly resides, is comosed of a tubular sheet metal inner memer 15 and a tubular sheet metal outer member 16. The inner end of the member 15' fits'snugly around the flange 14 and is secured to the head by solder shown at 17. The outer end of the member 15 is provided with a narrow outwardly projecting flange 18. The inner end of the member 16 is provided with a wider flange 19 which, as originally formed, is'angular in cross section, as shown by Fig. 4, and is bent to the U- shape in cross section shown'by Fig. 3 to embrace the flange 18 after the members are The flanges 18 and 19 form a relatively thick, rigid. annular ledge adapted to serve as a fulcrum for a prying tool. as hereinafter described. The outer member (1 in place by 16 is cylindrical and has a vertical external,

triction surface or seat.

The nozzle is closed by a sheet metal cap composed of ahead 21 and a cylindrical body 22, the head being preferably provided with a compressible lining 28 such as soft paper or felt faced with a layer 2st of paratfin or wax-coated liquid-proof paper. The body 22 has a vertical internal friction surface having a close frictional tit on the external friction surface of the member 16. The lower edgeot the body 22 has an outwardly projecting annular flange 25, and

the Width of said body is such that when the head 21 (or its lining) is seated on the outer end of the member 16, said flange is separated from the fulcrum ledge formed by the flanges 18 and 19, by a space adapted to receive a screw driver 26 or other tool used to pry the cap from its seat.

The close fit of the cap body 22 on the member 16 requires a'somewhat heavy pressureto seat the cap, and a correspondingly heavy prying pressure to dislodge the. cap. The fulcrum ledge formed as described s well adapted to resist the prying pressure without being bent or indented thereby.

The inner member 15 is preferably 0t frusto-conical form, its diameter increasing from the inner to the outer edge, so that any portion of the member 15 that is under the prying tool 26 is inclined relatively to the axis of the nozzle and is therefore adapted to resist a buckling or bending pressuretransmitted from the prying tool to the member 15 through the fulcrum ledge.

The described construction permits. the cap to be repeatedly applied and removed without distortion of or injury to either the cap or the. nozzle. 7

The annular ledge on the nozzle is spaced from or elevated above the can head sothat it is adapted to bear on a supporting device or appliance inserted between its under side and the can head for the purpose of supporting the nozzle and preventing the head from yielding or being depressed by the pressure exerted in applying the cap to the nozzle. 7

Having described my invention, 1 claim: 1. A can nozzlecomprising an upper section having a base flange, a lower section having an upper flange that is embraced by the flange of the upper section. said flanges forming a bearing ledge for a prying tool, a cap fitting over the upper section and protit . gaged by a pryin too adapted to ue en'- said lower section being of tapering ormation so that buckling or bending pressure exerted upon the bearing ledge is resisted.

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wall provided with an 0 ening thereui sin 'vided' with a base flange 2. In combination wlth a can hav' a flange'surrounding sai opening, of anomzle secured to said flange, said nozzle comprising a lower tapering section havin a ateral flange surrounding its u per e ge and an upper section having a ange surrounding its lower edge, the flange of the upper section being bent around the flange of the lower section whereby said sections are secured together and a ledge is pro- 4 SAMUEL MARzYNsKI'.

Witnesses: v

C. F. BRO N, P. W. P azzm'm. 

